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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Michael Partem

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a joint press conference with Yoav Galant, newly appointed minister of immigrant absorption, at the Knesset, January 9, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 10, 2019, 7:28 pm
On indictments, pretrial hearings and what Netanyahu can expect before elections
With the PM hammering his point that voting day is too near for the AG to say he’ll file charges, legal experts say the process may not take that long and should in fact begin ASAP
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem on January 15, 2017. (Amit Shabi/POOL)
January 19, 2017, 3:27 pm
Legal path to depose PM is tortuous, but indictment would likely end his career
By law, Netanyahu can only be fired if convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude; precedent indicates he’d be ousted long before it came to that
By Raphael Ahren
Olmert entering a court room. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 15, 2012, 2:10 pm
Can Olmert run for the top job? The answer is as muddled as his political future
Forced out of office to fight corruption charges four years ago, convicted of breach of trust and still on trial, Ehud Olmert’s potential comeback opens a legal minefield
By Raphael Ahren
Foreign minister Tzipi Livni and prime minister Ehud Olmert, pictured at a cabinet meeting in 2008; Shaul Mofaz is to Livni's right. (photo credit Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
July 10, 2012, 4:44 pm
Comeback for Olmert? Not so fast, experts say
The former prime minister has several options for a political return, but two more legal obstacles to clear first — and a battle in the court of public opinion
By Raphael Ahren
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